Compelling topics for your English essay

The most important step in writing an essay is finding a compelling topic. This is where you start rolling the ball. Selecting a topic that is interesting and has the potential for debate and discussion is not easy. It may take more than expected to choose a topic that is suitable for your essay but you must spend some time here. This is going to decide the overall purpose and direction of your essay. This is why it needs to be well thought out.

Here is a compilation of topics that are intriguing, important, and give you ample room for discussion:

Smoking in the presence of young children should be a punishable offence

Free speech should have limits

Marriage is an obsolete institution

Children should not be schooled at home

Parents and teachers should not interfere in each other’s domain

Schools should have uniforms

There should be no homework

Public transport should replace private cars

There should be a limit to how much money one can have

Poverty is a human rights violation

Women remain oppressed despite laws

Careerism kills creativity

Fashion advertisement make young women unhappy about themselves

No one should die of hunger

Abstinence programs in school are not effective

Actors should be paid less

Carbonated drinks should be illegal

Carbonated drinks are worse for health than alcohol

Cigarette smoking is a psychological addiction

Parenting classes should be mandatory after 18

Parenting classes are an attempt to breach the family/necessary

Evolution is a fact/is fiction

Minimum wages should be increased/decreased

Beauty pageants are unhealthy for the society

Competition is unhealthy

Teachers and students should not be Facebook pals

Social media makes people unsocial

Mobile phones are an electronic leash

Privacy is a basic human right

State should not interfere in individual’s private life

Now that you have a list of some great topics for your English essay, you might want to stop putting this off for another day and start the selection process. Choose wisely. A highbrow topic is not very likely to be graded better just for its highbrowed. How you compose, the essay is what is more important. The topic that fits your best is one that you find yourself attracted to.